Alter Egos: OOC Chat - ARCHIVED

They are unmarked, but they are commonly black. Close inspection of them would reveal lights on the interior of their windows and they usually have a few more gadgets on the dashboard than the standard vehicle would have.

Hmmm... Okey dokey thanks

It would seem logical that Berkshire, the FBI and Frank would all assume that Tim, Morgan and The Shadow were headed back to the vacinity of Troy, New York. As they all suspected there was a secret place there. Frank knew that was where he last had hard contact with Morgan. Plus they have no knowledge of the secret military base to my knowledge.
Make sense?

Tim's last post should bring Tim and company up to the same time frame as Yelena and crew.

Totally. Since Tim is headed back to New York that would be the logical assumption. Frank, however, does have the psychic connection with Morgan so he's going to be drawn to her. Birkshire is now just hanging back and letting his new 'meta-human blood hound' lead him to his daughter and Tim. Even if he does assume 'Cowboy' is heading back to Troy, he's going to follow Frank's lead first.

I agree just thought I would through the assumption out there. Berkshire may want to split his team though. Would he have that much trust in Frank not to?

I modified my RAID post a little, just to mention that the pick-up was indeed unscheduled. This is just to account for Zoe not being able to find any specific information on Shawn's transfer. I mentioned it earlier in the story.

If the general consensus is to get Shawn back sooner rather than later, just let me know and I can stall the transport until such time as the heroes can catch up

- OR -

I could put the vehicle coincidentally on the same road as Tim, which is not completely out of the question since the RAID vehicle is going to Lake Placid.

If Tim did somehow find out about the RAID transport as the situation currently stands (which I could only see happening from Zoe's watchful eyes since it is 35 miles away from Tim, Morgan and Shadow) he'd have to make a choice to either go after Shawn or continue on to the base. Decisions, decisions...

No matter what if they go on to find Yelena and Cassius, the RAID transport will reach the Detention Centre or be pretty close to it.

I think this is Kasia's call, I will do what ever she decides. I can foresee us needing to aquire an adition vehicle somewhere though. The Hummer is only so big, and Sean is unconscious. That brings up the posswability of stealing the aroured vehicle. I am sorry did I say steal......I mean comandeer.

Yeah, totally.

I am not too sure of what Kasai's plans are with Shawn. She has two options now:

1. We arrange a rescue prior to his being confined in the Eastern RAID Detention Centre

2. He is detained and consequently is going to be held until the others decide to make a rescue attempt from the centre, which is designed specifically to detain meta-humans.

The way I see it right now, the Eastern RAID Detention Centre has become a place where we are storing away characters until we decide to implement the "PRISON BREAK SCENARIO", which will be a chapter on to itself.

Once Shawn is in the Detention Centre he is basically lost until we decide to walk that road and we are yet awaiting the return of Vaudeville before we go there. Kasai, will thus have to decide what she would like to do with Shawn Powell, until then I will try and stall the transport as long as possible, aside from have 'aliens' sweep down and beam him up.

On a side note, I am wondering what the extent of Killswitch's powers are since they do have to be accommodated for when writing the RAID and other 'bad-guy' posts. I am right now under the assumption that she can attain just about any information required as long as she is able to bypass the 'firewalls' and she of course knows the general area to look for the information. I also assume that by connecting her mind to the internet she can access basic satellite imagery and for advanced images she would have to hack into protected networks.

Is this right?

I am asking because Killswitch is the coordinator for the 'Freedom Fighters' and it makes easier to just go under the assumption that she can somehow locate the characters if left enough bread crumbs or at least the opportunity for Kasai to create them herself.

whoo! Not getting up in the morning makes you miss a lot!

To answer some things: I would really like to get Shawn back as soon as possible. I still think of him as more my main character with Cassius and Zoe as kind of secondaries that can fade into the background when different storylines pop up and come back when it's convenient ^_^ Plus, I just miss writing him

Killswitch's power is cyberkinesis. She can move through computers with her mind and connect herself telepathically with them which is how she can bypass most firewalls. There are things people can do to try to keep out cyberkinetics but it'd be complicated and really can only be guaranteed when done by another cyberkinetic. So basically, she can connect herself with pretty much any computer so long as it can be hacked into from one of hers or one she has linked herself with ahead of time (e.g. the earpieces). She can also change her form and actually possess the computer giving her the ability to travel through cyberspace to other computers. Through this, she can also literally swim through the information on a particular computer she possesses. As I think I've hinted at in some posts, though, this can leave her vulnerable to people like Beacon when she is in their computer as they apparently have ways of detecting her presence trapping her there.

Her brain, too, sort of works like a computer as well. She can "scan" documents into herself-- this is what happens when she reads something and her eyes turn red-- then "spit them back out" and make them documents on the computer. Her memory of that document will then be like a photographic one.

I think that about sums up Zoe's powers... if I forgot something I will let you know. But yeah, I realize she is very powerful, which is why I am using her more as a tool than a primary character.

Hope that helped!

Oh, BTW, I have been reading everything (as always), but I have been holding back on posts since right now, Cassius is basically sleeping and Zoe is just sort of keeping an eye on things. I haven't forgotten about Grey either, but since he's kind of lost Tim's scent, he is basically hanging around, screening his boss's calls, until he picks up the scent again. I was just going to pull him back out when a character, be it RAID, Tim, Morgan, or anyone really, crosses a path he could realistically be on. So yeah, just not anything going on right now that I felt was worth making a whole post about, but I wanted to say I've been really excited with how you guys have been writing Cassius! Thanks for that! ^_^

You're very welcome!

You gave us some good stuff to use to write for him so it was just a matter of picking up where you let us.




I completely understand what you mean by just reading and waiting for the right place to enter your characters post. I do that quite a bit when my characters are not active in a scenario.

You're all doing excellent on this thread. Keep up the good work!!!!

Okay... I modified my post. The RAID transport and Tim's hummer are passing by one another in the middle of Lake Pleasant at a slow speed. I am thinking Tim might think the armoured transport is a little odd, but that's not going to warrant him taking action, not without a heads up from Zoe.

Shawn's pick up was unscheduled and RAID doesn't leave 'paper' trails, but they would use some sort of code, referring to Shawn as 'Demon' in their communication to clear the vehicle at the gates when they enter and exit the Marine Base Oneida.

Only two enforcers in the transport, but the vehicle is like a tank. Shawn's out in the back, even if the medication keeping him sedated is dislodged (say during a car chase) the drugs will still be in his system for a while. You can decide how long. The enforcers will have all the usual RAID toys but won't be wearing any armour just their grey, nazi like uniforms. They'll probably try to send a communication if they run into any trouble.

Temporary upload, just in case its required. Seems Lake Pleasant in a resort area with a Golf Course.

(If required I'll run the RAID transport to provide some opposition. Just logical reactions. If not no worries. While in the truck the enforcers will run over anything that isn't human (most people with their Class 1's driving big rigs are programmed to barrel through wildlife. They'll also shoot to kill anyone trying to stop their vehicle. The truck will most likely have some additional armaments that they can engage to protect themselves and fight back. Don't want to make too easy to take a RAID vehicle which even for a meta-human would be a serious undertaking).

Sounds good... So far, Zoe has speculated that Demon is Shawn, though she's not 100% sure. What kind of records would be there for her to find? I'm assuming the records would change even if it doesn't have a scheduled pick up, he wouldn't still be in the same room, right? Although it is possible that they would want to guard against people like Zoe so maybe fake, misleading records? Zoe would probably still dig enough to find both records, but it could send her through a loop...

Thoughts?

I'll leave that up to you... write the story on Zoe's behalf the way you see it. I just like running the RAID to provide a little fun opposition. In this case, however, Zoe is dealing with a Marine Base, and for all of RAID's efforts to hide their tracks they are still at the mercy of 'military thinking'. In my opinion, that can leave a lot of little tid bits of information for Zoe to find.

When it all comes down to it, we are all our best critics. If you want to portray a hero they need an opponent that makes them worthy of that title. I always figure it's better to make a situation as difficult as possible then make it too easy, but that's just me.

Alright, how does this sound?

About a mile past Lake Pleasant, Tim remembers where he has seen a similar armoured transport, at the hospital when they tried to rescue Robert. He turns around and follows the transport northeast on NY-8, then north at spector on NY-30 through INdian Lake, then northwest on NY-28 some where along NY-28 they commandeer the armoured vehicle with the aid of The Shadow, Zoe and Morgan's animals ( if the amoured vehicle would have continued it would have turnes slightly west by North on NY-30 then northeast at Tupper Lake, then east northeast on NY-3, then southeast on NY-86 at Saranac Lake to Lake Placid.) Exactly how they are going to comandeer the vehicle I have not worked out yet and am open to suggestions.
Thgoughts

That sounds great Lac... very believable, but it is a BIG decision for Tim to make... he is playing a hunch. Seeing a RAID vehicle coming from where he is going may lead him to believe that his friends (which ones he is not sure) may have been captured but he doesn't know that for sure. He is taking a big risk going after it, because if he is wrong then he has lost precious time in getting to Lake Oneida and rescuing Yelena and Cassius.

This is one of those big 'Hero Decision' moments.

Oh, and no need to forecast the chase that far ahead, the van could very well turn off down another side road, who knows. We'll just role play that and see what happens, but if you want to for expediency sake move the chase along in the way you see it, that's cool too. Whatever you decide will ultimately work out.

Actually we are now in upstate New York not in Vermont any longer the animal interference is a good idea, lets see what the others think.

The extrapulation of the route was more for an explanation on why they would be on the designated highways. THey are in the Addirondack Mountains so they would be some what limited as to highways and connecting roads I would think.

If Sin feels that it would be in Morgan's character to risk an animals life in such a manner then I say go for it.

Mountains? I didn't know there were mountain there. Well that is super cool! High cliff roads, fun, fun , fun!

Yes, this would be a leap of faith for Tim to follow a hunch. However he is a former undercover some what rouge cop and has learned to follow hunches.

Nice, Kasai. I am curious now of what's going to happen.

Just follow the normal 'rules of engagement' and I'll make the RAID drivers respond accordingly to provide a little opposition.

Right now, the truck is purposely stalling at the stop sign before they make their right hand turn, since they think that Tim is just some impatient speeder.

I am writing the RAID enforcers from the stand point that they have driven this route many times and its become so routine that they are not on their guard.

Kasai. As I previously stated you call shots on how quickly or slowly Shawn comes out of his coma... IF... he's rescued. (Just being dramatic ) It's up to you to judge how you would like the story to go in respect to Shawn. Nothing has preset the effects of the drugs that induce the coma and they effect every meta-human differently.

I figured I'd make a guess depending on when they disconnect him from the drug... I would guess though that they would have a few hours before he actually woke up, but he could still come out of a coma and just be unconscious

I'm so excited, I missed my Demon